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French: contra-cyclicité

English translation: countercyclicality







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French term or phrase:contra-cyclicité
English translation:countercyclicality
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Bus/Financial - Economics
French term or phrase: contra-cyclicité
XXXX pourra realiser des operations de croissance externe permettant l'elargissement de son assise industrielle pour autant qu'elle visent a conforter les metiers deja existants du groupe, a rendorcer la ///contra-cyclicite/// des ses differentes activites et au'elles ne conduisent pas a penaliser de developpement de la YYY.

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NewCal
Greece
countercyclicality
Explanation:
This would be the noun form of the word 'countercyclical', which is common enough . . . but most English writers would go out of their way to avoid having to use this word in a noun form.
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rkillings
United States
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contra-cyclicite countercyclicality

Explanation:
This would be the noun form of the word 'countercyclical', which is common enough . . . but most English writers would go out of their way to avoid having to use this word in a noun form.

rkillings
United States
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agree Cetacea: with your comment, so how about, in this particular case, "countercyclical character"?
3 hrs

agree sueaberwoman: or countercyclical nature
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agree joehlindsay: I agree "counter-cyclical nature" is commonly used
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contra-cyclicite counter-cyclical policy

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source: handbook of business Engish - keywords in their context (Obenaus/Weidacher

Ellen Kraus
Austria
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